Seen at the Huron County museum, it's described only as an "occasional chair". I have more questions, as in why would anyone do this? And why would anyone want to sit in it?
[Two-minute efflorescence of bad language suppressed.] I would add, weakly: Did the same person who conceived of that thing and stuck old horns all over it also do the upholstery? Or did he ($20 says it was a he) select the moldy-limeade crushed velvet fabric and get his spouse to take it from there? And if the latter, was coercion or outright physical cruelty involved in the spouse's assent?
Thanks, Mr. G, this is a stellar find and post. I can't stop looking at it and cursing most foully.
I would never want one in my home, but apparently horn furniture was a thing for awhile in the American West. Maybe they didn't have a lot of wood, or maybe they just liked horn. Ugh.
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[Two-minute efflorescence of bad language suppressed.] I would add, weakly: Did the same person who conceived of that thing and stuck old horns all over it also do the upholstery? Or did he ($20 says it was a he) select the moldy-limeade crushed velvet fabric and get his spouse to take it from there? And if the latter, was coercion or outright physical cruelty involved in the spouse's assent?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mr. G, this is a stellar find and post. I can't stop looking at it and cursing most foully.
Obviously for occasional use by someone you had never hoped to see again.
ReplyDeleteIf it’s an occasional chair, what is it the rest of the time? I wonder what the hood of the creator’s car has mounted on it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this was the inspiration?
ReplyDeletehttps://danburyshakes.tumblr.com/post/112415220401/boyhood-buffalo-horn-chair-circa-1890-1920-made
"buffalo horn chair circa 1890-1920 made by the Cree Indians of Great Falls, Montana"
The top pair should be turned points up so one could hang a hat or two.
ReplyDeleteOccasionally:-)
ReplyDeleteDave, thanks for that link, that's another ugly creation, isn't it? It looks Asian.
ReplyDeleteI would never want one in my home, but apparently horn furniture was a thing for awhile in the American West. Maybe they didn't have a lot of wood, or maybe they just liked horn. Ugh.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.longhornmuseum.com/HornFurnitureChairs.htm